Doubloon seems to cheer at the attention and walked over closer, settling down on her haunches just in front of her. As to her words, Scrooge nodded.

"I agree completely. It never ends up well to go into winter unprepared, and some around here are sure to be caught short." He gestured at himself. "I don't plan on being one o' them, and from the sounds of it, neither do you."

He approved, to be perfectly honest. Too few people, in his opinion, couldn't see beyond the ends of their own noses.